I guess this secrecy was clever in it's time - and we don't want to get into trademark infringement wars and legal battles - however since we all log in to our accounts could we not have some kind of private clue concerning the models sampled, disavowed by our leaders in public, but a wink and nod in the shadows as we step in to the virtual speak-easy and enjoy our bathtub analog gin? What's the Password? Bugs Moran...

kindafishy wrote:The trademark infringement paranoia around here is silly to an extent that I have never seen on the internet anywhere else, ever.

What breeds this outright fantasy level fear around here? It's so weird.

Just say what was sampled already. Not just for this but for every product. Holy Sweet Mary. Sheesh...

You are a goofball. Trademark infringement is not a paranoia, it can be very expensive. Don't you wonder why most all plugin companies except for the one's with big marketing budgets change the names of their software? Waves strikes deals with hardware manufacturers and in trade need to charge more for their products since the manufacturer gets paid. Take a look at other companies like Kush Audio, Stillwell, Overtone.... there are many. As soon as a dev here admits to what hear they are sampling, money needs to be paid. Besides, the name-changing is obvious, like with Henry Olonga's stuff (Aye-Pe-Eye, for example). Don't get all conspiracy theory on me...lol. Some of us nerds like to keep things interesting.....

kindafishy wrote:The trademark infringement paranoia around here is silly to an extent that I have never seen on the internet anywhere else, ever.

What breeds this outright fantasy level fear around here? It's so weird.

Just say what was sampled already. Not just for this but for every product. Holy Sweet Mary. Sheesh...

You are a goofball. Trademark infringement is not a paranoia, it can be very expensive. Don't you wonder why most all plugin companies except for the one's with big marketing budgets change the names of their software? Waves strikes deals with hardware manufacturers and in trade need to charge more for their products since the manufacturer gets paid. Take a look at other companies like Kush Audio, Stillwell, Overtone.... there are many. As soon as a dev here admits to what hear they are sampling, money needs to be paid. Besides, the name-changing is obvious, like with Henry Olonga's stuff (Aye-Pe-Eye, for example). Don't get all conspiracy theory on me...lol. Some of us nerds like to keep things interesting.....

heh, I am absolutely, unequivocally a goofball.

So how about the I/R guys? Why aren't they getting sued? Every amp and every speaker is named.

Anyone can clearly see that the A*I lawyers will be thwarted by the clever and mysterious naming conventions... Oh, no wait, it's "Aye-Pe-Eye" not "A*I". He must be taking samples from a different vendor.

It just makes it convoluted for the consumer. If they want to go after Acustica or third party devs, silly naming is not going to stop them, so why not just call it what it is?

...and Red EQ doesn't exactly fall into the camp of "sounds like".

...and what the heck is Trinity?

Absolutely silly.

At least give us 'inspired by' instead of 'a famous british EQ'. Well that certainly narrows it down, derp de derp...